Skilled Trainee Earns Sewing Machine Award from Don Bosco Youth Centre

22 October 2025

Bosco Training, Skills Training,

Don Bosco Youth Centre, Shillong, reaffirmed its commitment to youth empowerment through vocational training by recognizing an outstanding trainee with a meaningful gesture of support. At a recent ceremony held at the Centre, Director Fr. Michael Makri awarded a sewing machine to Ms. Sinora Khongshei, a graduate of the tailoring and embroidery program. The recognition celebrates her exemplary performance, resilience, and readiness to pursue a sustainable livelihood using the skills she has acquired. As one of the region’s foremost institutions in youth skill development, Don Bosco Youth Centre continues to champion practical training as a pathway to economic independence and personal growth.

- Michael Makri SDB

Don Bosco Chinchwad Inaugurates CNC Lab, Strengthens Skill Development

30 September 2025

Bosco Training,

Don Bosco Chinchwad reached a historic milestone with the blessing of a newly installed CNC Machine and the inauguration of its first-ever Advanced Fitter Course, a three-month program made possible through the sponsorship of KSB.

- Colman Dsouza

'TIGRESS' Tailoring Project Roars Ahead, Empowers Women in Trivandrum

6 July 2025

Bosco Training, Career Guidance, Livelihood, Parish / Church, Salesian Family, Skills Training, Training, Vocational Guidance,

A three-month tailoring course under the banner TIGRESS has successfully equipped seven women with essential dressmaking skills while fostering a strong sense of solidarity and self-worth. The initiative, jointly organized by the Salesian Co-operators and Don Bosco Veedu, concluded with a certificate ceremony that celebrated both skill development and community empowerment.

St. Xavier's School Shines at the National Level School Band Competition

25 January 2025

Bosco Training, Education,

St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Pathaliaghat, a Don Bosco Institution, has brought glory to Tripura by securing the Second Prize in the Brass Band Boys' Category at the prestigious National Level School Band Competition held at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 24 and 25 January. It is the second time St. Xavier's School has achieved accolades in this prestigious competition, marking a proud moment in its history.

- Fr. Babu Stephen SDB

Tech Exhibition and Skill Competition at Don Bosco ITI, Trichy

9 March 2023

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India,

Don Bosco Tech Exhibition – 2023 and Skill Competitions were organized at Don Bosco ITI, AMSAM, N.Kuttapattu, Trichy, on March 2, 2023, to improve the practical skills in each trade. Students displayed their projects in an exhibition.

Apprenticeship Mela breaths employment opportunities for youth

15 February 2023

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India, Education, Education Technical, Employment, Job Fair, Job Placement, Vocational Guidance,

With unemployment among the educated youth on a steady rise, the Apprenticeship Mela (Job Fair) conducted by Don Bosco Technical Institute, Park Circus, on February 13, 2023, at the request of the Directorate of Industrial Training, Government of West Bengal, was an opportunity for almost 300 participants.

Nepal Don Bosco Society Empowers Teachers

1 March 2022

Bosco Training, Education, Education School, Skills Training,

To provide quality education to the students of the government schools, the Nepal Don Bosco Society (NDBS) organized a Teacher Training Programme at Manthali, a prominent central city, about 170 Km away from Kathmandu from February 24, 2022. The training lasted for three days for 31 teachers from ten schools.

- Fr Augusty Pulickal

1200 Young Job Seekers Attend Mega Job Fair

20 December 2021

Bosco Training, Education Higher, SPCSA, Skills Training, Vocational Guidance, Youth, Youth Groups,

A job fair organized by the Don Bosco Job Placement Network India of the Salesians of Don Bosco in collaboration with Nirmala College for Women on December 18, 2021, was attended by 1200 young people. The young had the opportunity to get selected to 36 companies at the fair in Coimbatore. The job fair was inaugurated by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore, Mr Vincent, with Lijo Chungath, Managing Director of Pavizham Jewellers.

- Fr Gabriel Karunairaj

Bosconet Hosts Capacity Building Awareness Programmes

3 December 2021

BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, Development Office, Skills Training, Social Development, Social Life,

Bosconet India has organized one-day orientation programmes across India for Civil Society Organizations (CSO`s) to promote awareness and assist the weaker sections of society, to avail their entitlements and welfare schemes in the last two months. The sessions were for selected `Training of Trainers (TOTs) and CSOs in the following cities: Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Aurangabad, Maharashtra and Delhi and Goa.

- Madhuri Isaacs

Salesians Create First Happy Zone Learning Space for Children in Kerala

9 November 2021

Bosco Training, DB Alumni, Development Office, Don Bosco Plus, Education, Education Dept, Education Higher, Education School, Education and Culture, Salesian Family,

Students in Kerala went back to school on 1st November after a long spell of Covid-19 lockdown. Students of Don Bosco School in Puthuppally, near Kottayam in Kerala, were in for a surprise and thrilled at what they saw in school.

- C.M. Paul

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) for Don Bosco Institutions

1 July 2021

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India, Education, Education Dept, Education Technical, Education and Culture, Skills Training,

To enhance the competence of teachers and produce positive progress on pupil`s empowerment and academic achievement, a six-day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) was organized, for the Instructors of Ten Don Bosco Technical Institutes from May 31, 2021, to June 5, 2021.

- Arokiadass Maria

Bosco Bible School Past Pupil Wins IYDC Don Bosco Mobile Photography Contest

8 June 2021

Bosco Training, Education, Education School, SPA-India, Salesian Society, Social Development, Social Life, Success Story, Youth, Youth Groups,

Chawan Matey, a Bosco Bible School past pupil, won the Integrated Youth Development Centre (IYDC) Don Bosco Mobile Photography Contest, held in April 2021, on the theme, ``The World Through My Window``. Matey won a cash prize of 5000, organized by the IYDC Kochi.

- Madathiparambil Jose Thomas

Training for Office and Support Staff of Salesian College

15 April 2021

Bosco Training, Education, Formation, Skills Training, Social Life,

Salesian College Sonada held a day-long training program for the Office and Support Staff of Siliguri and Sonada Campuses. About 30 plus office and support staff participated in the first-ever such program held in Salesian College.

- Nandita Bhowmik

Academia-Industry partnership empowers tea women

21 February 2021

BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, ChildEducare, Development Office, Education, Lifestyle, Missions, Self Help Groups, Skills Training, Social Life, Young at Risk, Youth, Youth Groups,

Sonada, 21 February 2021: In a first time effort in the hills, academia-industry partnership initiative to empower tea garden women was launched on 21 February 2021. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938 and the Tea Promoters India who own plantations in Darjeeling, Dooars, Assam and Kerala have launched a pilot project entitled: Women Empowerment in Tea Communities Workshop, to be spread out on five Sundays from 21 February to 21 March 2021.

- C.M. Paul

E-Oratory connects slum children, plans all India network

9 September 2020

Agencies, Art Forms, BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, ChildEducare, Don Bosco Plus, Education, Formation, Marginalized, Mental Health, Volunteering, Young at Risk, Youth Groups,

Mumbai, 9 September 2020 -- Youth workers in Mumbai have come up with on-line youth centres connecting marginalised children not only in their neighbourhood but also from Don Bosco institutions across India with no extra cost.  Some 1,000 children across India (Mumbai, Pune, UP, MP, Bihar and Jharkhand) are enrolled and counting in the e-Oratory today.

- C.M. Paul

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